It is possible to vote by mail by contacting citizen service centers and branch offices in the capital municipality. If you choose to vote by mail, it is not possible to vote on election day itself, March 24.
- In order for a vote for the parliamentary elections to be counted, the ballot must be cast in good time that it reaches the polling station no later than 09:00 on election day, the municipality informs on its website, where it is emphasized that "it is your own responsibility to vote in good time that your postal vote reaches the polling station on time".
According to the rules on parliamentary elections in Greenland, there is no specific deadline for when a postal vote must be cast, the municipality's management secretariat states.
Explanation
That it is one's own responsibility to vote by mail on time is explained in this way to Sermitsiaq:
- The background to this arrangement is, among other things, the special geographical and transport conditions in Greenland. Postal votes can be cast in many different places - for example, at population registers, institutions, ships, in the rest of the kingdom or abroad - and the transport time can vary considerably depending on the place of dispatch and transport options.
- It is therefore not possible to set a general deadline that can certainly guarantee that a postal vote will arrive on time.
- For this reason, voters are encouraged to cast their postal vote as early as possible. This increases the likelihood that the vote will reach the relevant polling station before the start of voting on election day, according to the management secretariat of the Municipality of Sermersooq.
